United Arab Emirates (2025)
153
companies
-0.6% YoY
YoY Change
-0.6%
companies
Trend
down
Series length
23
years of data

Data

United Arab Emirates Number of Listed Domestic Companies (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year companies YoY Change
2025 153 -0.6%
2024 154 +4.8%
2023 147 -3.9%
2022 153 +7.0%
2021 143 +10.0%
2020 130 unchanged
2019 130 unchanged
2018 130 +2.4%
2017 127 +1.6%
2016 125 unchanged
2015 125 +4.2%
2014 120 +2.6%
2013 117 +9.3%
2012 107 -0.9%
2011 108 +3.8%
2010 104 unchanged
2009 104 +1.0%
2008 103 +71.7%
2007 60 +9.1%
2006 55 unchanged

About this Dataset

United Arab Emirates recorded 153 companies in 2025. The latest change was -1. Across 2003–2025 the series ranges from 28 in 2003 to 154 in 2024.

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of United Arab Emirates from 1990 to present. This measures capital market breadth and listing activity.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of United Arab Emirates from 1990 to present. This measures capital market breadth and listing activity. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2003–2025 (23 observations).

The series peaked at 154 companies in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 28 in 2003. The latest reading of 153 in 2025 represents a change of -1.